August sendee



A.' BENDBR.

POWDER PUFP.

(No Model.)

Patented June Z, 1885.

NVBNToR W.' ATTORNEYS..

WTNESSES YT w iINiTnn STATES PATnNT @Ti-ica AUGUST BENDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POWDER-PUFF.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,056, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed November 19, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST BENDER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Powder-Puffs, of which the following is a specification.

The powder-puits heretofore in use with pow der-boxes by ladies and barbers were made of apiece of goose-skin covered with down, which was attached to acushion provided with a handle. These puffs are objectionable, as they wear ont quickly by use, and are then thrown away.

rihe object of this invention is to furnish an improved powder-puff of strong and durable construction; and the invention consists of a powder-puff made of a piece of rabbit-skin, that is trimmed to the proper shape and attached to a cushion provided with a handle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation. and Fig. 2 a vertical central section, of my improved powderpuff.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a circular piece cl white rabbitskin, which is stitched to the edge of the silk, velvet, or other covering b of the cushion B, that is filled with horse-hair or other suitable material. The filling material of the cushion is compressed by a disk-shaped wooden head, '0, to which the covering ot' the cushion is tightly (No model.)

applied by a shirri 11g-string, d, passed through the upper edge of the covering b. A sheetmetal cap, D, is placed over the head C, and retained in position on the same and the cushion B by a metallic handle, E, that Ais passed through a central opening of the cap D and screwed into the head C.

In place of the fastening of the handle E, any other means of fastening the handle to the cushion may be used. After the puff is iinish ed, the hairs of the rabbit-skin are trimmed oft to the proper shape, shown in the drawings, by a curved pair of scissors.

Powderpuffs thus made are very strong and durable and take up a large quantity of powder, owing to the nature ofthe hair of the rabbit-skin.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A powder-puff consisting of afacing of rabbit-skin trimmed to proper shape, and of a cushion provided with a handle, substantially as set forth.

2. A powder-puff consisting of a facing of rabbit-skin and of a cushion having a handle attached thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony that I cla-iin the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST BENDER.

PAUL Gonrnr., CARL KART?. 

